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Just plain wrong

I just realized something… I didn’t make any friends in college. I went to UW-Milwaukee for 4 ½ years and I don’t have a single friend from those years. As a matter of fact, I can’t remember a single name of anyone I met in college. That’s pretty sad. In High School I made lots of friends. I knew lots of people’s names, but for one reason or another have not kept in contact with any of them… but in college, I can honestly say I can’t remember anybody. The people I remember from my college days are those friends I already had in High School. I came to this sudden realization after I spent last Friday touring UW-La Crosse with my wife and son. We were there checking out the college Ryan will be attending in the Fall. We spent most of the day listening to facility and students talk to us about how great life is at UW-L. After the listening session, we took a guided tour of the campus and then had an extended tour of the science building and it’s labs. I believe the main reason I never mad...

Updated Cooking Video Post

I always enjoy watching cooking videos on YouTube. I also have fun making them. I do not have the camera and light gear that the "pros" have, and my editing software is iMovie on my phone, but I have fun putting them together. Here are updated links to a few cooking videos that I have put together. They aren’t ever going to get thousands of views, but I enjoy watching them over and over again. Sunny Side Up Eggs Pork Belly Burnt Ends Creamy Mushroom Soup Spicy Smoked Wings Beer Cheese Soup Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti Eggs in a Nest Smoked Pulled Pork Jerk Chicken Mushroom Soup Beef Jerky Smoked Ribs Smoked Beef Chuck Roast Smoked Brisket Shrimp and Peppers Gumbo Slow Cooker Chili Dehydrating Spicy Peppers Bacon, Egg and Cheese Breakfast Sandwich

The Best Years of Your Life

This past weekend we drove up to Wisconsin Rapids to listen to a concert by the Wisconsin Chapter of the National Band Association. Ryan was selected to play in the All-State band. I think there were 90 students from 45 cities in that group. That band was incredible. Probably other than the President’s Own Marine Band, this was the best band I’ve ever heard. The director they flew in to direct this thing was outstanding. Over the short two days of rehearsals, somehow he brought all of these strangers together to make an ensemble that jelled like nothing I’ve experienced in my life. The dynamics, the accuracy and the overall feeling of the music was so uplifting. After something like this, I sure hope Ryan continues on with music in his adult life. If he doesn’t, at least I hope he takes all of these lessons he is learning about working together and uses them to help with all of those life problems he is sure to run into. It’s strange… people use to say to me, “these are the best years ...

Soup Talk with Mr. Soup

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